[turbo69bird]

Originally Posted by project 70

I think I caught a small mouth bass later that day

I had that exact mini bike, still have the frame forks , handle bars and wheels. Pretty much all but cross shaft have a really nice vintage Briggs for it too. Though I had a 7 horse tecumpseh on it back in the day,

[turbo69bird]

Originally Posted by Tellyshavilli

My four kids and myself around 95

Was that the one that ended up in the bargain news in CT the last one?

[turbo69bird]

My high school 69 bird convertible. Was one hell of a fun car til I rolled it. Wouldn’t have had my RAIV car if it didn’t happen though.

I’ve had 21 69 Firebirds now.

[Frank R]

1976, me with my $400 69 Trans Am.

[GT182]

Turbo69bird, that 69 convertible crash reminds me of mine with my 1st 66 GTO in April of 1970 I rolled over a hardpacked snowbank. You were super lucky. Mine was a hardtop, and also a total loss. I didn't hit the windshield but I picked glass out of my neck to several years.

It only took me 37 years to get another 66 GTO.

[Baron Von Zeppelin]

Originally Posted by Frank R

1976, me with my $400 69 Trans Am.

That is so incredible they actually sold for that - running and driving.
Great Picture
thanks for sharing

[Drag Star Le Mans]

Originally Posted by Frank R

1976, me with my $400 69 Trans Am.

$400? AMAZING!!! I would think everyone is envious of your great buy in 76.

[Frank R]

Originally Posted by Baron Von Zeppelin

That is so incredible they actually sold for that - running and driving.
Great Picture
thanks for sharing

It had a 70 400 from a Grand Prix with a spun rod bearing in it. Also had a bad 3rd gear n the M21. But it was a great deal. I took the engine and transmission from. my GTO and was street racing in a week.

[Charlie Brengun]

Originally Posted by Frank R

1976, me with my $400 69 Trans Am.

That would be $1830 in todays money.. i wonder how far $1830 would get me towards a 2nd hand car these days..

[muscle_collector]

my 2nd 69 ta i bought for 1750.00 and still had the ram air pans. after almost 40 years i sold it a couple of years ago.

[turbo69bird]

Originally Posted by Frank R

It had a 70 400 from a Grand Prix with a spun rod bearing in it. Also had a bad 3rd gear n the M21. But it was a great deal. I took the engine and transmission from. my GTO and was street racing in a week.

Those 15x4 cragars in the front are worth more than that today. What s in the back cheater slicks?

[turbo69bird]

Originally Posted by GT182

Turbo69bird, that 69 convertible crash reminds me of mine with my 1st 66 GTO in April of 1970 I rolled over a hardpacked snowbank. You were super lucky. Mine was a hardtop, and also a total loss. I didn't hit the windshield but I picked glass out of my neck to several years.

It only took me 37 years to get another 66 GTO.

Yeah I walked away from that one. Got lucky.
Well technically I drove away but they came and found me lol

I was 17 and I think I was in shock. And it was AFTER they flipped it back on it’s wheels.

[400 4spd.]

Originally Posted by turbo69bird

Those 15x4 cragars in the front are worth more than that today. What in the back cheater slicks?

For a short while I used 15x4 Rockets on the front of the GTO. They had skinny 5.60 x15 tires on them, the same as used on the VW Beetle. Totally useless on wet pavement, they would barely hook on dry pavement for a left or right turn. I took them off after a couple weeks.

[Frank R]

Originally Posted by turbo69bird

Those 15x4 cragars in the front are worth more than that today. What s in the back cheater slicks?

Mickey Thompson’s on the back Moroso drag lites up front. The slicks were mounted on Rocket wheels.

Turbo69bird, guess who ended up with the Trans Am...

[turbo69bird]

Originally Posted by Frank R

Mickey Thompson’s on the back Moroso drag lites up front. The slicks were mounted on Rocket wheels.

Turbo69bird, guess who ended up with the Trans Am...

Get the hell outta here he ended up with that trans am. Unreal.

[turbo69bird]

Just saw a set of those rocket wheels 15x4 for sale a week ago pretty cheap too.

[GT182]

Originally Posted by turbo69bird

Yeah I walked away from that one. Got lucky.
Well technically I drove away but they came and found me lol

I was 17 and I think I was in shock. And it was AFTER they flipped it back on it’s wheels.

I walked away from mine to. Only for an ambulance ride to get my face washed. The GTO was towed away, and later stripped of what I could sell off it. The rest went to the scrapyard.

[turbo69bird]

Originally Posted by GT182

I walked away from mine to. Only for an ambulance ride to get my face washed. The GTO was towed away, and later stripped of what I could sell off it. The rest went to the scrapyard.

I pulled a lot of parts off mine as well and built another . I’ll post pics of it here at some point .
I also found my RAIV because of it.

[misterp266]

Anyone know who this is? Getting a little 260, cheap!

[6T5 Cat]

That’s an old friend of mine, John Valente of New Castle, Delaware. That was a stock four barrel car that ran 12.7s consistently and it was completely legal. It was call “The Blue Spectre.” The car looks black in the photo, but it was dark blue. He bought the car new and it was his daily driver for a couple years. He was a heck of a great driver and mechanic. After the GTO he built modified production cars and was very successful.